How i became my father

From Alcoholism to Hope, William Borchert Shares His Story

by Anna Daugherty Emmy-nominated screen writer William Borchert tells a personal story in How I Became My Father…A Drunk. With more than 44,000,000 alcoholics and drug addicts in the United States alone, and all of the people they affect, this new book has the potential to powerfully influence addiction in America, showing those affected a way to recovery and a life beyond their wildest dreams.

Borchert has also written the most watched television movie ever, My Name is Bill W., following the journey of the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. He has written films for Al Pacino and Racquel Welch in addition to several popular books such as 1000 Years of Sobriety and The Lois Wilson Story: When Love is Not Enough. In this memoir, Borchert reveals his personal struggle with alcoholism and how his family overcame it.

This new book tells the dramatic, almost unbelievable love story of one family trapped in the devastating and incomprehensible malady of addiction. They suffer from a disease that reaches into the very core of the alcoholic and the family, destroying their most precious possessions-love, faith, trust, confidence and finally hope.

The journey focuses initially on the growing anger and hatred addiction created between a father and son that soon inundates the entire family. From a young age, the son tries to escape his environment, even seeking the serenity of a seminary to find relief. But little does he know that the traits of his drunken father whom he swears he will never be like are already churning inside of him.

Despite his significant success in the media world, alcohol soon invades the son's life. Like his father, he drinks away every promising new opportunity that comes his way, bringing pain and confusion into the life of his own wife and children and all those around him. Every glitter of hope is seemingly lost as growing despair leads to near devastation.

Then, when all seems lost, the miracle of recovery gradually restores torn relationships and emotional health. It shows that hope and love do spring eternal and that addicts and their families can find a wonderful new life in sobriety.

How I Became My Father...A Drunk is available on Amazon in paperback for $17.95 and on Kindle for $6.95. The latest work from a great author and screenwriter, this book offers realism and positivity in a delicate balance that makes it one of the greatest memoirs of its time. You can also find out more about William Borchert on Facebook.